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BIRTHDAYS
6 The number of players involved in the 1994 Byron
Nelson playoff. American Neal Lancaster birdied the
first playoff hole to beat Tom Byrum, Mark Carnevale,
David Edwards, Yoshi Mizumaki and David Ogrin.
1,170,000
The amount of money the winner
of the Byron Nelson will pocket
on Sunday afternoon.
1
The number of PGA Tour wins Peter
Thomson had in the USA. It came at the
1956 event (then known as the Texas
International Open). The Australian made
consecutive birdies in a playoff to edge out
Gene Littler and Cary Middlecoff.
7166
The length in yards of the Four
Seasons Resort and Club in
Dallas, home of the Byron Nelson
Championship.
1976 The year the Byron Nelson witnessed its first wire-to-wire
winner. American Mark Hayes led all four rounds, posting
an 11-under total and pocketing $40,000 for the win.
The current world ranking of defending champion Keegan Bradley. The 2011 PGA
Tour rookie of the year won his maiden event at the Byron Nelson last season,
beating Ryan Palmer on the first hole of their sudden-death playoff.
Relive the final round of the 2011 Byron Nelson Championship above.
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Men's World Rankings
Women's World Rankings
US Money List
LPGA Money List
LET Money List
The record number of Byron Nelson
event wins by Tom Watson. It included
three in a row from 1978-1980, a streak
that was ended by Bruce Lietzke who
beat Watson in a playoff in 1981.
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48
The length in feet of the monster
putt Adam Scott drained at the
third playoff hole in 2008 to clinch
victory over Ryan Moore.
39 The number of players under 30 years of age teeing it up at this week’s Byron Nelson. It includes
defending champ Keegan Bradley, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Day and Jhonattan Vegas.
142
The record number of consecutive cuts made
by Tiger Woods heading into the 2005 Byron
Nelson Championship. Two days later after
rounds of 69 and 72 that streak had ended.
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Hunter Mahan on May 17 (above)
42
K.J Choi on May 19
39
Stewart Cink on May 21
28
Gary Woodland on May 21
22
John Huh on May 22